Alabama Dog Names

Her name was Brandy, my first dog.

 

 The BY FAR most popular name for dogs in America is now "LUNA"!

It is the most popular in 35 states, but NOT in Alabama, where the top three are Bella, Max, and Cooper

Here's the full list from the BARK dog toy company:

Below are the top 100 names from the BARK data.

1. Luna
2. Bella
3. Max
4. Cooper
5. Daisy
6. Charlie
7. Loki
8. Lucy
9. Nala
10. Koda
11. Sadie
12. Bear
13. Milo
14. Stella
15. Bailey
16. Jax
17. Rocky
18. Tucker
19. Lola
20. Nova
21. Zeus
22. Duke
23. Zoey
24. Willow
25. Buddy
26. Penny
27. Piper
28. Finn
29. Apollo
30. Molly
31. Ellie
32. Riley
33. Maggie
34. Harley
35. Diesel
36. Rosie
37. Blue
38. Leo
39. Ollie
40. Moose
41. Lily
42. Oakley
43. Ruby
44. Ace
45. Coco
46. Jack
47. Scout
48. Oliver
49. Thor
50. Murphy
51. Mia
52. Bentley
53. Shadow
54. Millie
55. Kona
56. Sophie
57. Winston
58. Hank
59. Gunner
60. Bandit
61. Bruno
62. Pepper
63. Odin
64. Toby
65. Remi
66. Hazel
67. Gus
68. Athena
69. Beau
70. Chloe
71. Winnie
72. Rex
73. Dixie
74. Teddy
75. Louie
76. Maya
77. Layla
78. Tank
79. Sasha
80. Jasper
81. Archie
82. Roxy
83. Honey
84. Ruger
85. Maverick
86. Ranger
87. Dexter
88. Olive
89. River
90. Marley
91. Cash
92. Zeus 
93. Lady
94. Remy
95. Izzy
96. Leia
97. Axel
98. Gracie
99. Bailey
100. Atlas

Who Knew?

 I was in 'Nam when this photo was taken, with the Australian city of Melbourne sign above my head.

That's where my nephew and his family live now. He was busy being born about the time the photo was taken. Small world indeed!

Photo Exhibits Opening This Week

 

Folks associated with "The 9" photo group, including me, worked to get photos ready for the upcoming exhibits on Saturday.

AL.COM Headline Bias?

 

Jennifer Coolidge, Stifler’s mom, admits sleeping with 200 people after American Pie

Updated: Aug. 05, 2022, 7:43 a.m.|

• Published: Aug. 05, 2022, 7:19 a.m. 

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• If this had been a story about a male actor, would they have used the verb "admits"?
• Full story is HERE.
  

Illegal Lines? Use 'em anyway.

 

As The New York Times reports this morning:

WASHINGTON — Since January, judges in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Ohio have found that Republican legislators illegally drew those states’ congressional maps along racial or partisan lines, or that a trial very likely would conclude that they did. In years past, judges who have reached similar findings have ordered new maps, or had an expert draw them, to ensure that coming elections were fair.

But a shift in election law philosophy at the Supreme Court, combined with a new aggressiveness among Republicans who drew the maps, has upended that model for the elections in November. This time, all four states are using the rejected maps, and questions about their legality for future elections will be hashed out in court later.

First Bloom of 2022

 I've posted a couple of photos of the first 2022 bloom on one of my oldest Night Blooming Cereus plants.

See it at www.timlennox.photos!.

Advertiser Owner Gannett Reports Income Disaster

 

Poyter has the story: "Gannett reports disastrous financial results; layoffs are coming Digital subscriptions are up, but, as expenses rise, other revenue streams are in a freefall."

Zero Talent

 

Kansas. Et Tu Alabama?

Kansas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEFvEB11BCA

 

                                  

                                      We Dare Defend Our Rights

(AGAIN!) Thank God for Mississippi

 

 Here are the bottom five states on healthcare cost, access and outcomes combined:

 

 

 

 

1. Mississippi 

2. Alabama

3. Louisiana

4. Oklahoma

5. Arkansas 

And the best?

Here are the five states with the highest overall ranking across cost, access and outcomes, according to the analysis: 

1. Rhode Island

2. Massachusetts

3. Hawaii

4. Minnesota

5. Maryland

Reminder: Montgomery Photo Festival Opening on 8-13-22!!!

 

Folks associated with "The 9" photo group, including me, worked to get photos ready for the upcoming exhibits on Saturday.

Eviction in Montgomery

 The Capital City has the highest eviction rate in the state....above the other larger cities in Alabama.

 PBS is offering a special report on the process and results of being evicted.

Watch it HERE.

F-35 "Stand-down"

     

     As the date for the arrival of F-35 fighter jets for the Alabama Air National Guard approaches, the Air Force has grounded all of the planes over an issue with their ejection seats.

     The Air Force Times is among those reporting the decision:

"The U.S. military discovered a problem with the ejection seats used across its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet in April, but waited three months to ground those aircraft flown by the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to fully investigate the issue, multiple sources told Air Force Times Friday.

Officials initially saw the problem as a potentially isolated incident. But an ongoing investigation sourced the issue to the production line, prompting waves of temporary stand-downs this week."

 

A squadron of F35's is due to arrive in Montgomery in 2023 as part of the Air National Guard force here.

2022 Hospital ratings.

 

Here are the Alabama hospitals that received a five-star rating from CMS as listed on the Hospital Compare website. 

Alabama

Lakeland Community Hospital (Haleyville)

Prattville Baptist Hospital

Russell Medical Center (Alexander City)

 

For each hospital, a hospital summary score is calculated by taking the weighted average of the hospital’s scores for each measure group. The table below shows the weight applied to each measure group. The hospital summary score is then used to assign hospitals to star ratings, using k-means clustering within each peer group.

Measure group	Weight used in calculation
Mortality	22%
Safety	22%
Readmission	22%
Patient Experience	22%
Timely & Effective Care	12%

 HERE are the ratings for the other states.

Hyundai Fined $19-Million

CFPB Orders Hyundai to Pay $19 Million for Widespread Credit Reporting Failures

Company Furnished Inaccurate Account Information to Credit Reporting Companies, Including Wrongly Reporting that Consumers were Delinquent on Loans or Leases

JUL 26, 2022

 

FULL STORY is HERE 

 

(NOTE: I post Hyundai related stories because the only U.S. Hyundai plant is here in Montgomery. It employs thousands of residents here.)

 

 

Washington Post: Alabama Reconsidering Prayer in School

 

The newspaper includes the following in a story about the U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing a coach to pray on the football field....

"...families, teachers and activists are preparing to push religious worship into public schools nationwide — working to blur the line dividing prayer and pedagogy and promising emotional, spiritual and educational benefits for students. Some school officials are listening: In at least three states, Illinois, Alabama and Oregon, school personnel have said they are reviewing their policies on employee prayer."

Old Can Be Beautiful!

 

THE 90S CLUB • SUNDAY, JULY 31 @ 1:00 Sponsored by AARP of Alabama. Post show Q&A with films editor, Brandon Vestal. The 90s Club hands the mic to 12 charming people in their nineties to prove that empathizing and listening to seniors is not just socially responsible, but hearing their voices can be inspiring, enriching, funny, and compelling. A paradox of old age is that older people have a greater sense of well-being than younger ones – not because they’re unreservedly blissful, but because they accept the happiness and sadness in their lives, and leverage this mixture when life serves up challenges. Much less time is spent on anger, stress, and worry.  This documentary features a dozen diverse individuals (Dick Van Dyke, a Cleveland man who survived three concentration camps during the Holocaust, a still practicing attorney from Montgomery, AL, Fred Gray, who represented Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks and recently received the Medal of Freedom, a 99-year-old woman who taught in a one room school house and the world’s oldest performing drag queen, among others) who candidly talk about death and loss, but also about love and connection, about accomplishment and meaning. Through their touching, sometimes humorous, and reflective stories, we begin to gain some insight as to how one can become so wise through life experience. THE 90S CLUB - Tickets Available Online

Updated: The Moon Tree

The Alabama Capitol building "Moon Tree".

Take the path at the bottom of the last flight of stairs leading up to the building, heading left. It will be on your left side!

There are four of the trees in the state.

NASA has the full Moon Tree story HERE.

 

 

Comparing Apples & Oranges....

 AL.COM headline for their "story":

25 things you can buy at Buc-ee’s that cost less than a gallon of gas

SO? 

What's the relevance? 

Should we put banana pudding in the tank? Drive bags of ice to work? Serve our kids candy corn for breakfast?